---
title: Nursing homes in Massachusetts — CMS safety record
source: CMS Nursing Home Care Compare
sourceUrl: https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/
state: MA
facilities: 341
---

# Nursing homes in Massachusetts

All **341** Medicare-certified nursing homes in Massachusetts, with the safety record CMS publishes.

## Before the brochure: look at staffing

The best-evidenced predictor of safe care is **nurse hours per resident per day** — hands-on nursing time per resident, measured by CMS from payroll. About **4.1 total nurse hours/resident/day** is a staffing-adequacy reference (not a pass/fail line).

In Massachusetts, the median home reports **3.72 hours/resident/day**, and **76 of 336** meet the 4.1-hour reference. A high overall star does not guarantee high staffing.

## CMS Special Focus facilities (12)

CMS places its most seriously and persistently underperforming homes on the Special Focus Facility program (or names them candidates). This is CMS's own designation — recorded, not an Atlas verdict.

- **Benjamin Healthcare Center** (BOSTON) — SFF candidate
- **BLAIRE HOUSE OF TEWKSBURY** (TEWKSBURY) — SFF candidate
- **Brandon Woods of New Bedford** (NEW BEDFORD) — SFF candidate
- **Hadley Pointe Nursing Rehab & Care** (HADLEY) — SFF candidate
- **MAPLEWOOD CENTER** (AMESBURY) — SFF candidate
- **NORWOOD HEALTHCARE** (NORWOOD) — SFF candidate
- **PLYMOUTH HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE** (PLYMOUTH) — SFF candidate
- **REGALCARE AT COURTYARD-MEDFORD** (MEDFORD) — SFF candidate
- **SAUGUS CENTER** (SAUGUS) — SFF candidate
- **Vantage at Wakefield LLC** (WAKEFIELD) — SFF candidate
- **MEDWAY COUNTRY MANOR SKILLED NURSING & REHABILITAT** (MEDWAY) — Special Focus Facility
- **Pine Knoll Nursing Center** (LEXINGTON) — Special Focus Facility

## What this is — and is not

This is published CMS Nursing Home Care Compare data — the same facts CMS shows the public, sorted to compare. It **informs and compares**; it does **not** rate, rank, or recommend a home for an individual's needs, and no figure is a guarantee. Shortlist a few, visit in person, ask about the most recent inspection, and call your state Long-Term Care Ombudsman (theconsumervoice.org/get_help).

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